Zondag 8 november 2009
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Zaterdag 7 november 2009
Strange Shadows
Strange Shadows
Composer(s): Micky Jones - Tommy Brown
First release by: Françoise Hardy - 1969
From the page in the book that I found
From the sound of a word written down
Telling me, telling all, strange shadows call
Fingers trembling, I read to the end
Then the light seemed to wither and bend
And the words seemed to call, strange shadows fall
Who to run to or who to tell? Who would listen to me?
Just the sound of a ringing bell and the night running free
Then the wind took the page from my sight
I was left all alone in the night
Where the dew gently falls, strange shadows call
Time will pass but the words they remain
And I dream of them ever again
Telling me, telling all, strange shadows call
Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to ...
Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to ...
Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to
Zaterdag 7 november 2009
Color Him Father
Color Him Father
Composer(s): Robert Spencer; Richard Spencer
Performer(s): The Winstons
and various other artists
There's a man at my house he's so big and strong
He goes to work each day, stays all day long
He comes home each night looking tired and beat
He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat
Never a frown always a smile
When he says to me how's my child
I've been studying hard all day in school
Tryin' to understand the golden rule
Think I'll color this man father
I think I'll color him love
Said I'm gonna color him father
I think I'll color the man love, yes I will
He says education is the thing if you wanna compete
Because without it son, life ain't very sweet
I love this man I don't know why
Except I'll need his strength till the day that I die
My mother loves him and I can tell
By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell
I heard her say just the other day
That if it hadn't been for him she wouldn't have found her way
My real old man he got killed in the war
And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of got very far
She said she thought that she could never love again
And then there he stood with that big wide grin
He married my mother and he took us in
And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin
Think I'll color this man father
I think I'll color him love
Said I'm gonna color him father
I think I'll color the man love, yes I will
Vrijdag 6 november 2009
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!
Composer(s): Bob Dorough
Performer(s): Bob Dorough; Buffalo Tom
Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!
Ready pop?
Yep
Ready son?
Uh-huh
Let's go!
Let's go!
One! two!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, got some adverbs here
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
You're going to need
If you write or read
Or even think about it
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here
Got a lot of lolly, jolly adverbs here
Anything you need and we can make it absolutely clear ...
An adverb is a word
(That's all it is! and there's a lot of them)
That modifies a verb
(Sometimes a verb and sometimes)
It modifies an adjective, or else another adverb
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Father, son, and Lolly selling adverbs here
Got a lot of adverbs, and we make it clear
So come to Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
Hello, folks, this is Lolly Sr., saying we have every adverb in the book
so come on down and look
Hello folks, Lolly Jr. here
Suppose your house needs painting
how are you going to paint it?
That's where the adverb comes in
We can also give you a special intensifier so you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily
Hi! Suppose you're going nut-gathering; your buddy wants to know where and when
Use an adverb and tell him!
Get your adverbs!
Use it with an adjective, it says much more
Anything described can be described some more
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
And so you choose very carefully every word you use
Use it with a verb, it tells us how you did
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been
Use it with another adverb -- that's the end
And even more ...
How, where, or when
Condition or reason
These questions are answered
When you use an adverb
Come and get it!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Quickly, quickly, quickly, get those adverbs here
Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here
You're going need 'em if you read 'em
If you write or talk or think about 'em ...
Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
Announcer: If it's an adverb, we have it at Lolly's!
Bring along your old adjectives, too
like slow, soft, and sure
We'll fit 'em out with our L-Y attachment
and make perfectly good adverbs out of them!
(Get your adverbs here!) Lots of good tricks at Lolly's so come on down
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Adverbs deal with manner, place, time
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Condition, reason
(Father, son, and Lolly)
Comparison, contrast
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
Enrich your language with adverbs!
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
Besides, they're absolutely free!
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
At your service!
Indubitably!
Vrijdag 6 november 2009
Color By Numbers
Color By Numbers
Performer(s): Neil Young
Someone wants to blow up the planet
Johnny wants to find out why
Johnny did a show in St. Louis
Love came through the sky
Oh yeah, they were camped out
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, Johnny sang out
Love into the sky
Johnny found a place out in Texas
Waiting for him to come
Made himself a reservation
And hope came, in the gun
Oh yeah, he was flying
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, color by numbers
Waiting for the sun to rise
Johnny did some time in the army
Johnny did a stint in Vietnam
Now he can't forget it
His mind is confused
slipping from his twisted hand
Oh yeah, he's still back there
With one hand on the gun
Oh yeah, he's still back there
Waiting for the rising sun
Now Johnny
likes to go down the highway
The wind singing in his ears
Right up as
most things go whirring by
By day everything looks clear
Oh yeah, Johnny ride on
Gonna find a special home
Oh yeah, down the highway
Looking for the rising sun
Donderdag 5 november 2009
Lollipops And Roses
Lollipops And Roses
Composer(s): Tony Velona
Performer(s): Jack Jones
and multiple other artists
Tell her you care each time you speak
Make it her birthday each day of the week
Bring her nice things, sugar and spice things
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses
One day she`ll smile, next day she`ll cry
minute to minute you`ll never know why
Coax her, pet her, better yet, get her
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses
We try acting grown up, but as a rule
we`re all lit-tle children fresh from school
So carry her books
That`s how it starts
Fourteen or forty they`re kids in their hearts
Keep them handy, flowers and candy
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses
Donderdag 5 november 2009
Colonel Buffalo Bill
Colonel Buffalo Bill
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Leslie Fyson
and various other artists
(Davenport)
Who's got the stuff that made the Wild West wild?
Who pleases every woman, man, and child?
Who does his best to give the customers a thrill?
(Company)
Who?
(Davenport)
Colonel Buffalo Bill!
Who's got the show that gets the most applause?
Five-hundred Indians and fifty Squas!
Ten featured acts and there's a special feature still?
(Company)
Who?
(Davenport)
Colonel Buffalo Bill!
(Dolly)
Have you ever seen a cowboy rope a steer?
(Company)
No, we haven't
(Dolly)
Or an Indian with feathers throw a spear?
(Company)
No, we haven't
(Dolly)
Have you ever seen a hold up?
(Company)
No sir
(Dolly)
Then gather closer
and let me give you some of the atmosphere
(Davenport, spoken)
Introducing the world's greatest sharpshooter, Mister! Frank! Butler!
(Butler, singing)
The hour is midnight and all is still
We see the stage coach climbing up the hill,
Moving along the mountain trail, carrying passengers and mail,
never suspecting there is something really wrong
The watchful driver is in his seat,
His trusty rifle lying at his feet
Some of the passengers inside
seem to be dozing as they ride,
never suspecting danger as they roll along
Suddenly there's a shout!
(Company)
What is it all about?
(Butler)
"What is it all about?" you ask
It's Indians!
(Company)
Indians?!
(Butler)
Very notable, cut-your-throatable Indians!
(Company)
Indians?!
(Butler, Dolly, and Davenport)
Just when they've taken everyone by force,
Who makes an entrance on a big, white horse?
Who starts a-shootin' 'till there's noone left to kill?
(Company)
General Grant?
(Butler, Dolly, and Davenport)
No! Colonel Buffalo Bill!
(All)
Who's got the show that made the Wild West wild?
Who pleases every woman, man, and child?
Who does his best to give the customers a thrill?
Colonel! Buffalo! Bill!
Woensdag 4 november 2009
Lollipop Tree
Lollipop Tree
Composer(s): Burl Ives
Performer(s): Josh White Jr.; Ron Coden
One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick
Right in the yard behind our house
I planted a lollipop stick
And everyday I watered it well
And watched it carefully
I hoped one day that stick would grow
To be a lollipop tree
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dark of the night
I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin
And when I opened up my mouth, a lollipop dropped right in
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
Winter came and days grew cold as winter days will do
On my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew
From every branch an icicle hung, it’s limbs were bare as bones
But when I broke those icicles off they turned into ice cream cones
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
Woensdag 4 november 2009
Colombine
Colombine
Composer(s): Paul Verlaine; Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens;
James Ollivier; Wazozo
Léandre le sot
Pierrot qui d'un saut
De puce
Franchit le buisson
Cassandre sous son
Capuce
Arlequin aussi
Cet aigrefin si
Fantasque
Aux costumes fous
Les yeux luisant sous
Son masque
Do, mi, sol, mi, fa
Tout ce monde va
Rit, chante
Et danse devant
Une frêle enfant
Méchante
Dont les yeux pervers
Comme les yeux verts
Des chattes
Gardent ses appas
Et disent:
"À bas Les pattes!"
L'implacable enfant
Preste et relevant
Ses jupes
La rose au chapeau
Conduit son troupeau
De dupes!
Dinsdag 3 november 2009
Lollipop
Lollipop
Composer(s): Julius Edward Dixon - Beverley "Ruby" Ross
First release by: Ronald & Ruby - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...
Call my baby lollipop
Tell you why
His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie
And when he does his shaky rockin' dance
Man, I haven't got a chance
I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...
Sweeter than candy on a stick
Huckleberry, chimry or lime
If you had a choice
He'd be your pick
But lollipop is mine
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...
Crazy way he thrills me
Tell you why
Just like a lightning from the sky
He loves to kiss me till I can't see straight
Gee, my lollipop is great
I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop ...
Dinsdag 3 november 2009
Colombina
Colombina
Composer(s): Jaime Roos
Performer(s): Jaime Roos
En el tumulto de los Húsares de Momo
Encandilado por las luces de otro barrio
Aquel murguista saludando con su gorro
Se despedía como siempre del tablado
Entre la nube de pintados chiquilines
Vio la sonrisa que enviaba una princesa
Entre los rostros de mezclados colorines
Dudó si era para él la gentileza
Y por si acaso dedicó una reverencia
A la muchacha que en la noche se quedaba
En el momento de partir la bañadera
volando un beso se posaba en su ventana
Y paso a paso la ansiedad lo malhería
Quedaba poco del nocturno itinerario
Uno tras otro los cuplés se sucedían
Se retiraban del último escenario
Tiró el disfraz en el respaldo del asiento
Borró los restos de pintura con su mano
Volando un tacho lo llevaba contra el viento
La vio justito a la salida del tablado
"Cómo te va", dijo el murguista a la muchacha
Que lo cortó con su mirada indiferente
Le dijo "Bien" y lo dejó como si nada
Nuevamente ...
La princesa ...
Se perdía entre la gente
Que no se apague nunca el eco de los bombos
Que no se lleven los muñecos del tablado
Quiero vivir en el reinado del Dios Momo
Quiero ser húsar de su ejército endiablado
Que no se apaguen las bombitas amarillas
Que no se vaya nunca más la retirada
Quiero cantarle una canción a Colombina
Quiero llevarme su sonrisa dibujada
Maandag 2 november 2009
Lola Rastaquouere
((English Version: Lola R. For Ever (by Marianne Faithfull & Sly and Robbie) - 2006))
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
First release by: Serge Gainsbourg
Covered by multiple other artists
Comment oses-tu me parler d'amour toi hein
Toi qui n'as pas connu Lola Rastaquouère
Je lui faisais le plein comme au Latécoère
Qui décolle en vibrant vers les cieux africains
Elle avait de ces yeux un vrai chat abyssin
Et ses seins deux sphères
Entre lesquelles j'abandonnais deux mois de salaire
Pour y rouler mon pauvre joint
Quand dans son sexe cyclopéen
J'enfonçais mon pieu tel l'Ulysse d'Homère
Je l'avais raide plutôt amère
C'est moi grands dieux qui n'y voyais plus rien
Dans la moiteur torride de sa croupe d'airain
On pouvait voir éclore des renoncules par-derrière
Et par devant un conifère
Me rappelait un air jamaïcain
Maandag 2 november 2009
Collette
Collette
Composer(s): Billy Fury
Performer(s): Billy Fury
Oh Collete
Half past eight, don't be late
Don't forget we have a date, Collete
How I love you, Collete
Oh, be on time and say your mine, Collete
Believe me honey when I say
I think about you night and day, Collete
How I need you, Collete
Don't let us part, you'll break my heart, Collete
Saw you walking close by
Didn't start talking 'cause I was so shy
Then you looked into my eyes
Don't whisper any goodbyes
Collete, Collete
Don't forget, Collete
I need you, so don't ever go, Collete
Half past nine, in on time
Guess you played me down the line, Collete
How I love you, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete
Zondag 1 november 2009
Lola (The Kinks)
Lola ((aka Yoda (by "Weird Al" Yankovic) - 1985))
Composer(s): Ray Davies
First release by: The Kinks - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
I met her in a club down in North Soho
where you drink champagne
and it tastes just like Coca Cola
C-o-l-a Cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name
and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
L-o-l-a Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
but when she squeesed me tight
she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
why she walks like a woman and talks like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
under electric candlelight
she picked me up and sat me on her knee
She said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
but when I looked in her eyes
I almost fell for my Lola
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Lola
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
I pushed her away. I walked to the door
I fell to the floor. I got down on my knees
I looked at her, and she at me
Well that's the way that I want it to stay
I always want it to be that way for my Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
except for Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Well I left how just a week before
and I never ever kissed a woman before
Lola smiled and took me by the hand
she said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man"
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
but I know what I am and that I'm a man
so is Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Zondag 1 november 2009
Coldest Day
Coldest Day
Performer(s): Madness
No I never heard through the grapevine
How you left long before your time
But in France on the radio
I could not understand a word
But I felt you go
We waited all night for the midnight lover's calling
It was the coldest day of the year
And I'm still thawing
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
What is happening mother father please
Who will save us from the autumn breeze
Shivering to a halt no one wants to speak too soon
Although we all knew under the pale blue moon
The pale moon
The pale blue moon
What happens then when the sun goes down
Tell me what's the word Johannesburg
When the rent goes up and the lights go down
On the coldest day outside the coldest town
We waited all night and I'm still falling
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
The coldest night, day, year
Zaterdag 31 oktober 2009
Lola (Miguel Mateos)
Lola
Composer(s): Miguel Mateos
Performer(s): Miguel Mateos
Cien mil policías
cien mil policías de civil
la buscan a Lola
por herir a su padre
y luego huir
Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no no no vuelvas a casa, oh
Salvajes travestis
Salvajes travestis del downtown
descubren a Lola
y ofrecen refugio
y protección
Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no no no vuelvas a casa, yeh
Ya no la toques, no
el infierno acabo
Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
por favor no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
por favor no vuelvas a casa, yeh
Un padre violento
no tiene perdón
Un padre violento
que golpea
que se abusa de un menor
esta tan loco
que no tiene
que no tiene
no, no tiene perdón
Lola, Lola, Lola
no vuelvas a casa
no vuelvas a nada ...
Zaterdag 31 oktober 2009
Cold, Haily, Windy Night
Cold, Haily, Windy Night
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Steeleye Span
and various other artists
Oh me hat it is frozen to me head
Me feet they are like a lump of lead
Oh me shoes they are frozen to me feet
With standing at your window
Let me in, the soldier cried
Cold haily windy night
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
For I'll not go back again, no
Me father he watches down on the street
Me mother the chamber keys do keep
Oh, the doors and the windows they do creak
I dare not let you in
Let me in, the soldier cried
Cold haily windy night
Oh let me in, the soldier cried
For I'll not go back again, no
Oh and she's rose up and she's let him in
She's kissed her true love cheek and chin
And she's drawn him between her sheets again
And she opened and she let him in
Then she has blessed the rainy night
Cold haily windy night
Oh then she has blessed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in
Soldier, soldier stay with me
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
Oh no, no, no, it never can be
So fare bid thee well forever
Then she has wept for the rainy night
Cold haily windy night
Then she has wept for the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in
Oh and he's jumped up all out of the bed
He's put his hat all on his head
But she had lost her maidenhead
Her mother she heard the din
Then she has cursed the rainy night
Cold haily windy night
O then she has cursed the rainy night
That she opened and she let him in
Vrijdag 30 oktober 2009
Lola (Chico Buarque)
Lola
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Chico Buarque
Sabia
Gosto de você chegar assim
Arrancando páginas dentro de mim
Desde o primeiro dia
Sabia
Me apagando filmes geniais
Rebobinando o século
Meus velhos carnavais
Minha melancolia
Sabia
Que você ia trazer seus instrumentos
E invadir minha cabeça
Onde um dia tocava uma orquestra
Pra companhia dançar
Sabia
Que ia acontecer você, um dia
E claro que já não me valeria nada
Tudo o que eu sabia
Um dia
Vrijdag 30 oktober 2009
Cold, Cold, Cold
Cold, Cold, Cold
Composer(s): Lowell George
Originally performed by: Little Feat
Cold, cold, cold
Cold, cold, cold
Freezing, it was freezing in that hotel
I had no money, my special friend was gone
The TV set was busted so she went along
I called room, room service
I'm down here on my knees
A peach or a pear, or a coconut please
But they was cold
Well it's been a month since I seen my girl
Or a dime to make the call
'Cause it passed me up, or it passed me by
Or I couldn't decide at all
And I'm mixed up, I'm so mixed up
Don't you know I'm lonely
And I wish the world would get off of my case
And get on one of its own
Cold, cold, cold
Cold, cold, cold
That woman was freezing, freezing cold
Well I tried everything to warm her up
Now I'm living in this cold hotel
'Cause she passed me, up or she passed me by
Or I couldn't decide at all
Oh I'm mixed up, yes I'm mixed up
Don't you know I'm lonely
Of all the things I had to do
I had to fall in love
You know she's cold
Turn your clock back woman when you see me comin' round
My feet don't, feet don't even touch the ground
don't be cold, don't be cold
don't be cold, don't be cold
Donderdag 29 oktober 2009
Be My Girl
